You're also somewhat missing the point that whilst, yes, this is a minor problem that could be ignored, that's exactly what the people that caused this whole issue in the first place want you to do. They expect you to back down and to be 'reasonable' about it - but as I said it's one 'minor' problem ... that's adding up with dozens of other minor problems coming towards the answer of people taking advantage of the fear of being accused of cultural or racial discrimination to get what they want, as opposed to following the rules and traditions of the country that they have moved to.
Please spare me a two-page-long argument on this because no offense to you - but you're not English. You might think that doesn't mean anything but you don't live in this country and you don't know what things like this represent. I'm making a big deal out of it because it's another example of Muslims immigrating to my country, and telling me what to do because it offends them. Meanwhile, if I tell them what to do because they offend me, I'm immediately a racist.
That's the whole point of this. Our government and councils (and in this case our food chains) are so feeble and scared of doing anything remotely offensive that they're offending their most important citizens by trying to stay as 'politically correct' as possible - the citizens that were born, raised and have always lived in this country. The citizens that are actually British.
As I said I don't want to start coming across as being racist but again, it's only 200 stores, right? What's to stop them rallying to ban bacon from the other 1,300 stores? Or from using this as a sign that they can get away with it and moving on to bigger things? Burger King, Greggs, even KFC? And above all things, our local Subway really did -not- need this sort of publicity. Our town center is a ghost town as it is; it's literally becoming more and more populated by Polish clubs and halal-only kebab shops.
Whether the source can be trusted or not, the fact is that I can thoroughly confirm that they have done this, and I did. This is a real thing. How about I move to Virginia and start lobbying to have all the road-signs changed to the ones we use in Britain because I find your road signs and metrics offensive to my culture? That's absolutely absurd and ridiculous and you're going to laugh at me for even suggesting that but this whole bacon ban debacle is the same sort of ridiculous that this country, with its politically-correct government of shame, has let people that aren't even truly British get away with.
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